VP, Global Head of Commercial Transactions

The role

The VP, Global Head of Commercial Transactions will lead the global commercial legal function. This person will oversee a team negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements and drive deal strategy to enable business growth.

What you will do

• Oversee a team of attorneys and contract professionals supporting global sales, partnerships, and commercial activities.
• Serve as lead negotiator for high-value, strategic, and complex customer and partner transactions.
• Drive continuous improvement in contract processes, templates, playbooks, and deal enablement.
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Customer Experience, Security, and Legal teams.
• Provide commercial legal support for alliances, channel, system integrators, reseller programs, and new market entries.
• Mentor, coach, and develop a hybrid, global team.
• Advise on global risk allocation, regulatory implications, and contracting strategy.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school (or equivalent international qualification)
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 20+ years of legal experience with a focus on complex commercial and technology transactions
• Deep understanding of cloud/SaaS contracting, software to SaaS agreements, data protection, AI regulatory frameworks and enterprise sales environments
• Proven ability to develop, mentor and lead cross culture, global hybrid teams
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and drafting skills
• Experience using and implementing GenAI tools at scale and training legal team members on how these tools can help inflect productivity, contract management tools, playbooks, and/or scalable contracti

Nice to have

• significant in-house experience at a company with both on prem and SaaS offerings
• Cybersecurity company experience

Benefits

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

About the company

Ping Identity provides an intelligent, cloud identity platform. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and serves large enterprises worldwide.